GrammeFriday

Many thanks Musicman20 and risingson for your helpful and detailed replies. Great to hear that the B works, and that I won't be disappointed tone-wise if I follow my aesthetic preference for a rosewood board. Also interesting to learn about the slippery G. It sounds as though this is a quirk worth learning to live with, though, all things considered. WRT pickup configurations, I think I'm probably ok with the single HB. I have a Sandberg that has a coil-tappable humbucker, but once I'd got over the novelty of it I've found that I much prefer the full fat sound, and never switch it to single coil at all. But then again, a humbucker in the neck position must give you a really trouser-flapping dub bass sound ... ah, decisions, decisions! Thanks again, gents, for making it a good deal easier for me.

Nice! Any neck dive?

I am currently experiencing a major upswelling of GAS for a Stingray 5 - an unapologetically modern Ernie Ball 3EQ one, not a pre-EB or one of those 'classic' reissues. (I guess I am probably the only member of this forum to prefer modern EBMMs to the older ones, but there it is, and please don't try to convince me that I am wrong!) This GAS attack is getting so bad that I am now seriously contemplating a purchase. The only problem (apart from the ghastly pickguard shape, which I have now managed to convince myself that I can live with) is that there are hardly ever any SR5s in stock at any of the music shops I have access to. As a result, I'm currently wondering about two things: 1. For shallow and largely cosmetic reasons I'm thinking I might go for a SR5 with rosewood fretboard, to complement my maple boarded ray 4 (which I cannot imagine ever selling). But what does the rosewood SR5 sound and feel like? Will it be as snarly and growly and bright and ringing as my maple 4-stringer? I don't want to get into that whole 'maple does/does not sound brighter than rosewood' argument, but I would be pleased if anyone can reassure me that in a blindfold test it would be difficult to tell the difference between a rosewood SR5 and a maple one. By the same token, please do tell me if you think I really should stick to maple if I want the 5 to sound anything like my 4. (I should say at this point that I'm aware of other possible sources of tonal differences between models, notably the alnico and ceramic humbuckers used on different models at various points in time. For the record, my SR4 has the former, and I think EB switched from ceramics to alnicos for the SR5 in 2007 or thereabouts - which suits me fine as I prefer the alnicos anyway.) 2. What's the low B like? I should say that I'm a bit spoiled in this regard as I have two MTD Kingstons, both of which have truly stunning low Bs - really big sounding but also nicely tensioned and thus fully functioning pretty much all the way up the neck. I'm not expecting the SR5's 34" low B to be quite so sublime (the MTDs are both 35" scale), but it definitely needs to feel and sound good and be genuinely usable well beyond the 5th fret. I'd be very grateful if any of you SR5 owners out there could give me your views/experiences on either of these points. Thanks!

[quote name='Eboclive' timestamp='1391733532' post='2360856'] Scratchplates for Jazz, Precision, Stingray? [/quote] Hi Eboclive You may have a customer, there! For a while now, I've been toying with the idea of getting a whitepearl, vintage whitepearl or tort guard for my EBMM Stingray 4H (as featured in avatar) so if you have one of those I will deffo bring my 'ray along.

Good point! I did nearly add 'earplugs' to my 'what I will be bringing' list ...

Hell yes! Many thanks for getting this one going, guys. Updated list: [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]1. Si600 - No gear, I expect to be too busy and I've nothing exotic or interesting![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]2. Roland Rock - '78 P, W&T Ergon 5, Rocket Rig or GlockenRig[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]3. 4-string-thing - '78 (77?) P, Kala U Bass and either my Acoustic 220 or Minimark[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]4. Pantherairsoft - Roscoe LG V Sig, lots of effects, EBS/Barefaced rig (possibly)[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]5. KevB - USA Precision Deluxe (if not sold by then)[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]6. Doyle - V940, ME-20B, Random self build[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]7. intime-nick - maybe my Shuker, Sandberg, rack & pedalboard etc[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]8. andydye (if I can get agreement from swmbo) - ACG 5'er fretted and fretless, MarkBass LMIII, EAD Foundation 212, some pedals[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]9. DaytonaRik - Ashdown ABM III 1x15 combo and 2x10 extension cab, another Thunderbird IV, Schecter Omen Extreme IV, maybe a Cort (I think?) headless Flying V if I do something with it in time![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]10. seashell - Fender P[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]11. Norris - Ric 4003, Gibosn T-bird, StaggEUB, Combo amp [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]12. Eboclive - Wal 5, ltd edition Warwick fretless[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]13. GrammeFriday - MTD KZ6 (with Nordstrand pups), MTD AG5, Sandberg Cali fretless 4, MIJ 62 reissue Jazz, TC Electronic RH750, RS210 and/or RS212, some fx boxes. [/font][/color]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1389649030' post='2336627'] Haha, I've seen them before and am going again next Saturday (If I can persuade anyone to come with me, it's a bit 'niche') I didn't feel TOO intimidated last time :-D Have a good one [/quote] Love Sleaford Mods. Love those chugging P-bass lines. Note for the easily offended: sweary lyrics incoming! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkXanywIqU0[/media]

Hi FlopalotapusBass, and welcome to BC! It depends what you mean by '[font="lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]extremely complex bass parts'. I'm no Hadrien Feraud, but neither of the songs you suggest seems particularly complex to me - there are thousand upon thousands of songs that have far more tricky bass parts than these. Also, i[/color][/font][color=#282828]f (as you say) you are are doing a solo piece, why not choose a proper solo bass piece, i.e. one that does not require a backing track? The obvious-to-the-point-of-cliche choice here would be 'Portrait of Tracy'.[/color] [font="lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]But if it really is a choice between the two songs you mention, then I agree with chris b - 'Time Won't Wait' wins it by a country mile.[/color][/font][color=#282828] [/color] [color=#282828]Anyway, good luck with it![/color]

Dunno anything about the B3 but I have an old Zoom 708II bass multi effects processor and it's ace fun - cheap and cheerful, surprisingly wide range of good sounds, very tweakable, and built like a tank.